Re: Drop % of Top 2013 WR Prospects

Where are, for example, DeAndre Hopkins, Justin Hunter, Markus Wheaton... etc.? Did they all have a higher drop % than Williams, or is this just a random sampling?

The guy who is tweeting the picture is John Pollard, the GM of the STATS company. Someone asked him about Hopkins on Twitter, and his response: "Good question, he has a 5.8% Drop rate, tied w/ Williams for 15th. DeAndre,128 targets.Their # s close across the board."

Re: Drop % of Top 2013 WR Prospects

I'm just as concerned about separation, quite frankly. We had guys who could (generally) catch, but couldn't get open and it didn't make us a great offense. Now, AV and Nick will come explain why I'm wrong about something...

Re: Drop % of Top 2013 WR Prospects

Originally Posted by chiguy

I'm just as concerned about separation, quite frankly. We had guys who could (generally) catch, but couldn't get open and it didn't make us a great offense. Now, AV and Nick will come explain why I'm wrong about something...

Ha! Not at all, separation skills are quite important as well. Unfortunately, that's probably a difficult one to represent in a chart like this.

Re: Drop % of Top 2013 WR Prospects

i think one should take into account how the quarterback was performing when those drops occured

just an example, but at times, barkley was not throwing well to anybody, which is usually when woods had his drops, not to say he didn't drop good throws, but again, an example

I agree. And doesn't it also depend on how well they were covered, how deep the route,etc ? Even what is deemed catchable, never mind clutch, is highly subjective. I certainly wouldn't rank a 5 yd first down catch on second down vs a LB equal to a third and ten 30 yd TD vs a starting corner or double coverage.